Letter: Mitt Romney declined salary while Gov., Obamas spend taxpayer money on vacations
In this Aug. 26, 2009, file photo, first lady Michelle Obama walks with daughter Malia, 11, right, and Sasha, 8, while they wait to get lunch at Nancy's in Oak Bluffs, Mass., while vacationing on Martha's Vineyard. Since moving to the White House, the family has also vacationed in Hawaii.
Alex Brandon, Associated Press
Let's play quid pro quo with the Romney tax returns. If President Obama releases (and only after he releases) his college transcripts, his scholarship application as a foreign student, his Social Security application from the state of Connecticut, then Romney should release his tax returns.
And let's add dollars contributed to charity for both candidates over the past 10 years. It seems to me that a governor who took no salary during his term of office in Massachusetts, no salary as head of the Salt Lake City Olympics is far superior ethically to a president who allows his wife to spend a lot of taxpayer money in four years on vacations.
Frank C. Overfelt
Cottonwood Heights
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How ridiculous. Duh! The presidents do get a salary and can use that for vacations. Besides look at the hundreds of vacations and time off that Bush took. I'd like to see you work under as much stress as the presidents and not take time off.
I don't know how much President Obama spent on vacations, but I'm sure it wasn't as much as he deserved.
This President is a great man that I'm extremely proud to call My President!
Please be respectful of More..
You don't really get the idea of equivelency. See Obama HAS released his tax returns, Mitt only one year.
Obama HAS posted his birth certificate online and before that it was certified by the state of Hawaii- Mitt has not done that More..